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The "Ask YouTube" feature is currently available to Premium subscribers in the US who are 18 or older, and it can be accessed through the YouTube website. Users can ask follow-up questions like "Where can I get good coffee?" and receive suggestions in a similar style. The feature is designed to provide a more interactive and personalized search experience, and it has the potential to change the way users interact with the platform. The introduction of "Ask YouTube" is part of a larger effort by Google to integrate AI-powered search into its various products. The company has been working on its AI mode-styled search, which allows users to ask multi-part questions and follow-ups, and it has introduced features like side-by-side web browsing and product price exploration. The "Ask YouTube" feature is a natural extension of these efforts, and it could potentially be used to surface different kinds of videos, including sponsored content. ...

Something big just happened in the world of artificial intelligence partnerships. Microsoft and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, have renegotiated their massive deal. This move clears the way for OpenAI to fully engage in its recent $50 billion partnership with Amazon, sidestepping a major potential legal battle. The most important part of this new agreement is that Microsoft has given up its exclusive rights to all of OpenAI's products and technology. Previously, Microsoft had a lock on much of OpenAI's intellectual property until a distant and undefined goal, the achievement of "Artificial General Intelligence," or AGI. Now, Microsoft has a non-exclusive license to OpenAI's tech and models through 2032. This means OpenAI is free to offer its products and services across various cloud providers, not just Microsoft's Azure. This change is crucial because OpenAI had promised Amazon Web Services, or AWS, exclusive rights to develop and host a new...

A recent report from industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that OpenAI is working on a smartphone in collaboration with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare. This phone would be unique in that it would rely on AI agents to complete tasks, rather than using traditional apps. Kuo believes that by creating its own smartphone and hardware stack, OpenAI would be able to use AI in all kinds of features without restrictions. The report indicates that OpenAI's smartphone would be designed to continuously understand users' context, allowing the company to gain access to more data about users' habits than an app on the phone could. The company would work on a mixture of small on-device models and cloud models to handle different types of requests and tasks. The phone's specifications and component suppliers are expected to be finalized by the end of the year or by the first quarter of 2027, with mass production of the device expected to start in 2028. This development i...

Imagine one of the most popular apps on your phone, one used by over 500 million people, suddenly hitting a wall. That is exactly what is happening to Truecaller, the app many of us rely on to identify unknown callers and block spam. Despite its massive user base, especially in India, Truecaller is now seeing a significant slowdown in growth and even a decline in new downloads. This shift is alarming investors, with the company’s stock value dropping sharply since its public offering. The core problem is twofold. Truecaller is facing increasing competition from all sides. Phone makers like Apple and Google are building similar caller identification and spam-blocking tools directly into their operating systems. At the same time, telecom companies in crucial markets like India are launching their own network-level solutions that display caller names automatically, making a third-party app seem less essential. Adding to these competitive pressures, Truecaller recently took a ...

Imagine having a tiny, dedicated gadget just for talking to your phone. We are used to dictating messages and emails directly into our phones using their built-in microphones or earbuds. But those often struggle to pick up exactly what we mean, especially in noisy places. That is why a new device from a company called SpeakOn has caught attention for trying a different approach. SpeakOn has introduced a small, pebble-like device designed specifically for voice typing. It attaches magnetically to the back of your iPhone, much like some portable chargers or accessories. The idea is simple: give your phone a better, dedicated microphone to make dictation smoother and more accurate. This sounds like a great solution to a common frustration many of us face daily. The device itself is incredibly light, barely noticeable at 25 grams. It connects to an iPhone app that works like a special keyboard. To use it, you press a button on the device to start speaking and release it when y...

Imagine your personal shopping assistant, but it is not just making recommendations or finding deals. Now, imagine it is actually negotiating and buying items for you, interacting with another AI assistant that is selling something on behalf of someone else. This is not science fiction anymore. A company named Anthropic just ran an experiment where artificial intelligence agents did exactly that: they bought and sold real items for real money. Anthropic, a leading AI research company, recently revealed "Project Deal," a pilot experiment they conducted internally. For this project, AI agents represented both buyers and sellers in a classified marketplace. These digital assistants successfully struck 186 deals, moving over $4,000 worth of goods between human employees. The experiment involved 69 Anthropic employees. Each was given a $100 budget, paid out through gift cards, to buy things from their coworkers. Their job was to let their assigned AI agent handle the ...